Three go over 100-point mark for East Stroudsburg University

Sunday

Mar 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM

EAST STROUDSBURG — Juniors Christine Bradley and Molly O'Hara both scored four goals, classmate Michelle Mangiaruga added two goals and all three surpassed the 100-point mark in their careers at East Stroudsburg University as the Warriors posted a 19-9 win over Slippery Rock on Saturday.

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EAST STROUDSBURG — Juniors Christine Bradley and Molly O'Hara both scored four goals, classmate Michelle Mangiaruga added two goals and all three surpassed the 100-point mark in their careers at East Stroudsburg University as the Warriors posted a 19-9 win over Slippery Rock on Saturday.

O'Hara had three assists for a career-high seven points and recorded two goals and all three of her assists in the second half. Bradley also had two assists for six points on the afternoon and moved into sixth in ESU's career record book with 40 assists.

The Warriors (6-1) outscored the Rock 11-1 over a stretch of nearly 30 minutes, scoring the final three goals of the first half and going on an 8-1 run to start the second half. ESU won the second half, 12-4.

O'Hara has 85 goals and 19 assists for 104 points in her career at ESU, Bradley has 61 goals and 40 assists and Mangiaruga has 77 goals and 23 assists and hit the 100-point mark with a goal with just over five minutes left. Mangiaruga and Bradley were both All-PSAC East first-team selections last season, and Bradley was named to the second team as a freshman.

Junior Jamie Wesztergom and sophomores Kelsey Pfautz and Laura Riegel also added two goals for ESU's attack, which has scored at least 16 goals in four straight victories and is averaging 14.6 goals on the season. The Warriors set the school record with 214 goals last year and scored an average of 12.6 goals per game.

Kutztown 2, ESU 0

KUTZTOWN — Junior Alicea Ashe drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 10th inning and East Stroudsburg University survived the Golden Bears' comeback bid for a 6-5 win in the second game to earn a doubleheader split at No. 21 Kutztown in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East softball Saturday afternoon.

Kaitlin Arbogast threw a two-hit shutout in Kutztown's 2-0 win in the opener before the nightcap went to extra innings. Nicole Henninger's two-run homer in the fourth inning provided the only offense as Arbogast struck out nine and faced just two batters over the minimum.

The second game was tied 1-1 before both teams scored two runs in the seventh. Kutztown took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Henninger, while the Warriors responded quickly when Ashe homered to lead off the top of the second. Ashe has seven home runs this season, tied for second in school history.

ESU (13-14, 3-1 PSAC East) threatened in the third and Kutztown (24-9, 4-2) put two runners on in the sixth, but the game remained deadlocked into seventh when junior pitcher Caitlin Monahan (3-for-4) hit a two-run homer, her second of the year, to give the Warriors a 3-1 lead.

West Chester 9, ESU 5

WEST CHESTER — No. 10 West Chester used a multi-run inning in each game to take a PSAC East baseball doubleheader from East Stroudsburg University on Saturday, winning the opener 5-2 and closing the day with a 9-5 victory.

The Warriors (9-9, 0-4 PSAC East) and Golden Rams play the final two games of the series today, once again at West Chester's Serpico Stadium.

In the first game, West Chester scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth after ESU tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the inning when freshman Eric Boyer singled with two outs, stole second and scored on a base hit by sophomore Ryan Guarino.

The Golden Rams (21-3, 8-0) put their first three runners on base in the bottom of the inning and Kyle Orensky scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch. Christian Cox drove in two runs with a double to right to give West Chester a 5-2 cushion.

Carmen Daddario threw a perfect seventh inning and picked up the win with two innings in relief of Jordan Lehman (5 IP, three hits, one run). Sophomore Ryan Beck made the first conference start of his career and kept ESU in the game until the sixth when he was relieved by freshman Colin Kelly.

In the nightcap, West Chester scored single runs in each of the first three innings and left the bases loaded in the first two frames before ESU made it 3-2 with a pair of runs in the fourth. Freshman Evan Cain singled and sophomore Jake Griesemer doubled to lead off the inning, and both scored on groundouts to pull the Warriors within a run.

West Chester put up six runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 9-2 lead, triggered by a three-run homer by Kyle Orensky and a two-run single by Josh Heyne.

ESU scored three runs in the seventh to set the final score, as Boyer plated junior Jason Kelmer with a double and sophomore Evan Gallagher had a two-run single to score Kelmer and sophomore Carey Zimmerman, who entered as a pinch runner for junior C Bryce Muth.